Girls Leadership Institute Inc

The vetted resources shared in our trainings come from listening and co-designing with girls. We partner with girls to co-create educational resources and environments through youth leadership structures such as youth leadership clubs, research councils, and advisory boards. The learnings from this co-design process become curriculum and training that is tested and vetted with students impacted by systemic inequities and their youth-serving adults, and then scaled through professional development training and resource sharing to impact all youth.

In 2024 we published Why We Lead, the first national study of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander girls. This study was led by Girls Leaderships Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Research Council17 high school students selected from over 500 applicantswho led a national IRB-approved study exploring the leadership experiences and mental health needs of AANHPI girls and gender-expansive youth. For two years, these young people created research questions, conducted focus groups, analyzed findings, and co-authored recommendations. Over 2,300 youth and 500 educators participated. Why We Lead has been used to inform school districts, community organizations, and funders seeking to better support AANHPI youth. The Councils work was publicly celebrated at our Power of Voice event in San Francisco, where members presented their findings to hundreds of educators and supporters.